Log-road-making machine



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LOG-ROAD-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION lforming part of Letters Patent No. 340,680, dated April 27, 1886.

Application filed December 2B, 1895.

To all whom it mui-y concern.-

Be it known that l, HENRY W. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cheboygan, in the county of Cheboygan and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Log-Road-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a road-making device; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In sections of the country where logs and lumber are transported in the winter season a road is formed in the snow, along which logs and lumber are drawn. This road often becomes worn through to the ground by continual usage.

The object of my invention is to provide means for ilushing these roads with water by a suitable vehicle, so that they will again be covered with icc, the construction whereof is simple and durable, and whose accompanying appliances render it convenient and readily used and handled. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in thev accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved road-making device, illustrating one of the ladders in position and the bucket in act of being drawn up. Fig. 21s an elevation of one of the ends, illustrating the ladders in position and the manner of hoisting the buckets. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improved machine with the ladders, buckets, and guyropes removed. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the bed.

A indicates a box, which has sides a c, ends a c, bottom a, and top covers, c a3, which are provided with removable fastening means, as at. This box A is provided with compartments A2 A2 and A3, which are divided by walls AtAt, which have suitable apertures, al, in their lower portions, which allow a connection between all of the said compartments. The exterior of the box A, on the sides, top, and bottom, arebraces or strengthening'beams A5, which are mortised and t into each other,

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and have suitable dowelpins, c5, securing the parts in position.

On each side of the central compartment, A, guard-rails BB are constructed, which act to guide the buckets into their proper place. These guard-rails B are formed by four posts, b b, extending up from the outside ofthe sides a c of the box A. These posts b are mortised in the uppermost portions, and have crossbars b b set therein. Inclined braces b2 b'l run from the uppermost parts of the posts b b to about the center of the top portion of the box.

In the compartment A, on each side ofthe inside portion thereof, are vertical rods Aof wood or other material, which extend down through the bottom of the box A, filling apertures c, through which the water is allowed to run when the said rods AG are withdrawn.

Extending upward onan incline from each side of the top of the central opening of compartment A3 are strips b b, which form a peak, and have strips bib4 binding upon their uppermost uniting edges. These inclined rafters form a foundation for the buckets to rest upon while filling the box with water. To one side of these rafters, and extending down to and resting upon the bottom of the box,is a post, (l, which extends somedistance above the box, and has an eye, c, secured to the uppermost portion thereof, which engages the hooks o of two sheaves or pulleys, C C'. rIhese pulleys C' C have guy-ropes G2G: passing therethrough, which at one end pass over the front of the box Awhen in operation, and at their other ends are secured to loops d of bails d?, which are pivoted at or about the center of the sides of buckets l). These buckets D have suitable valves, d, in the bottoms thereof, which open inwardly, so as to admit of the inflow of water and prevent the outfiow of the same while filling the buckets.

Suitable ladders, E E, are adapted to engage with the sides of the box A, and up which the buckets D -D are drawn between the side bars thereof. Vhen these ladders are not in use, they are adapted to be drawn up and thrown over the guard-rails B B, and the buckets D D also drawn up and rested on the ladders E E. The guy-rOpes C`7 C'z are wound around the posts C.

The box A is mounted upon and secured to ICO longitudinal beams F F, which beams are secured to suitable bolsters, F- F', which in turn are connected to cross-beams F'ZFZ. The ends of the cross-beams F2 F2 are engaged by the metal straps ff, secured to the sleigh-shoes G G. These sleigh'shoes G G are connected at their inside ends by crossbraces g g, which are united by the tierods g g, which keep the one or the other of the said shoes from having a different movement from the remaining one, thus giving a relative movement to both. These shoes G G are suitably braced on their sides, and on the inside ends of each of the shoes eyes g2 g2 are secured, which are engaged by the hooks 71, 71 attached to the ends of the polc-tree H. A pole, H, is secured to the central portion of the pole-tree II', said tree having a link, 7L', attached to the upper central surface thereof, tol which a suitable whiflletree may be attached. rIhis pole H and tree H', with their hooks h. 71., are removably attached to the shoes G, and are adapted to be interchanged from one end to the other, so as to avoid turning the entire device, which in many instances might be inconvenient.

Ihe construction of my improved device having been carefully followed out, as illustrated in the drawings, the operation of filling with and distributing water from the box will be as follows: The vehicle entire having been drawn to a suitable place to obtain water, the

' ladders E E are adjusted on the sides a a of YC2 Czwound around the post C.

the box A, adjacent to the central compartment, A3. The buckets D D are then lowered by means of the guyropes C'-y C2 down the ladders E E and filled, -as heretofore described. Vhen the said buckets D D have become filled, they are drawn up theladders E E, and their contents dumped into the central compartment, A". The water which is put into this compartment also iiows through the apertures a7 in the partitions A*Ainto the compartments A2 A?, and as the compartlncnt A is gradually filled the water flowing into the compartments A2 A2 will by a well-known law of physics seek the same level, and this operation continues until the three compartments A'l A2 and A3 are iilled. The ladders E E and buckets D D are now placed in position on the top of the guard-rails B B and the guy-ropes The entire vehicle is then drawn to the place wh'ere it is desired to make the road, and the rods I liare withdrawn from their apertures a, and the water allowed to flow through the same between thc two sets of shoes G G 011 the ground and allowed to freeze, thus covering the exposed earth or road with ice. Vhcn the water has all been distributed, the rods AG are replaced, and the vehicle is again drawn to a suitable place for replenishing the supply of water. In some instances only one bucket can be used at a time; but, as illustrated in Fig. 2, I have shown how the box A can be illed from two u sides at the same time when the entire vehicle is so situated that they can thus be used.

By the construction of the combined pivotally-connected shoes, suitably braced, as described, an equalization ofthe draft is obtained, and at the same time an easy means of turning the vehicle is provided.

By constructing' the pole and tree adapted to be attached to either side of the vehicle, the transportation of the vehicle is rendered more convenient and of comparatively easy management.

Suitable power may be applied tothe guyropes to aid in drawing up the buckets and aid in rapidly iilling the compartments.

This device is adapted to be used in making roads in lumbering sections ol' the country, whether inclined or level, as the machine is equally efficient in its working on either.

It is obvious that many minor details of construction could be made and substituted for those shown and described without in the least departing` from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersA Iatent, is

1. In a road-making machine, the combina tion of a box divided into suitably-connected compartments, buckets operated by guy-ropes for filling the same with water, openings in the bottom of the central compartment for distributing the water, and means for transporting the same from one position to another, substantially as described.

2. In a road-making machine, the combination of a box divided into suitably-connected compartments, buckets operated by guy-ropes for filling the same with water, openings in the bottom of the central compartment for distributing the water, ladders adapted to rest against the sides of said box and up which the buckets are drawn, and a double set of sleighshoes pivotal] y connected to the said box, substantially as described.

3. Ina log-road-making machine, the combination of a box divided into suitable compartments, apertures in the divisional partitions connecting said compartments, suitable guardrails and inclined rests mounted upon the top of the box, buckets operated by guy-ropes passing through pulleys connected to a vertical post-adapted to ill the compartments with water, openings in the bottom ofthe central compartment for distributing the water, ladders adapted to be set at an incline against the sides ofthe box and up and down which the buckets are operated, and united sleigh-shoes having a relative movement and upon which the box is mounted, substantially as described.

4. In a'log-road-making machine, the combination of the box divided into suitable compartments, apertures for connecting the same, buckets having suitable valves for filling' the central compartment with water, openings in the bottom of the centralcompartment adapted to distribute the water, ladders adapted to rest against the sides of the box, up and down which the buckets pass, suitable guy-ropes for operating these buckets, removable rods clos- IOO TIO

ing apertures in the bottom of the box, which allow the Water to How out thereof when open,

and combined pivotal sleigh-shoes `or bobsl eighs having a relative movement and adapt ed to run either direction, substantially as described. l

5. In alogroadn1aking machine, the combination of a box divided into aseries of compartments, the central one of which is filled with water, apertures connecting these conipartments and allowing the Water to run into the other divisions, means for filling the compartments with Water and allowing' it to How out, and combined relatively-moving sleighshoes on which the box is mounted adapted to have the pole and tree attached to either end, substantially as described.

6. In alog-road-making machine, the combination of the box A, divided into compartments A2 A2 and A3, buckets D, operated by 2o mounted, substantially as described. 3,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY lV. ROBERTS. Vitiiesse's:

EDWIN Z. PERKINS, OscAR F. HEYDEN. 

